- Meaning
- Gentle, forbearing, slow to anger
- Arabic
- حليم
- Say it
- ha-LEEM
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- The word is in the Quran, Surah Hud (11:75)
About the meaning
The Quran calls Ibrahim halim, forbearing (11:75).
Other spellings
Haleem, Alim
Names from the same root (ح ل م)
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Questions about Halim
What does Halim mean?
Halim means: Gentle, forbearing, slow to anger. The Quran calls Ibrahim halim, forbearing (11:75).
Is Halim in the Quran?
Not as a person’s name, but the word is in the Quran, in Surah Hud (11:75).
Is Halim a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Halim is a boy’s name.
How do you write Halim in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Halim is written حليم.